In order to regain Lima, Spain mobilized 5,000 reinforcements, plus 50 cannons, and 200 ships.
The current defenders in the city are the original reinforcements, and there are more than fifty ships moored in the port.
However, when faced with the extremely large fleet of the Ming Empire, the ships in the port were instantly reduced to slaughtered lambs.
Compared with ironclads, wooden sail battleships do not have much resistance. They were sunk, severely damaged, or even raised the white flag before they could last even half an hour...
The Spanish defenders were not useless. They also placed a lot of stones and wood on the relatively flat beach to resist the horses.
However, the steam tank of the Ming Dynasty King's Division was not landed on the beach as a complete vehicle. In fact, it was landed as parts and components and then assembled.
The disadvantage is that the assembly time will be very long, possibly as long as two or three hours. If the tank is not assembled, the infantry will not be able to launch a strong attack.
The good thing is that no matter how the enemy forces resist horses or dig holes on the beach, it will be ineffective, and they can only block it in the hinterland.
Seda had ridiculed Guzman on various occasions before, believing that his predecessor could lose to a group of yellow-skinned monkeys with such a strong military force. It was not only a shame for the empire, but also a personal joke.
In Saida's eyes, the combat effectiveness of yellow-skinned monkeys is on the same level as that of native Americans. An imperial knight can kill a hundred or even more yellow-skinned monkeys!
As for the so-called huge fleet, it is even more ridiculous. It is just an excuse to make excuses for its own failure.
"Mr. Governor, do we still need to hold on to Lima?"
Facing the hail of bullets, the garrison commander Major General Gonzalez hoped to lead his troops to retreat immediately. Without the support of naval warships, Lima would never be able to hold.
"My general, I really don't know what you are afraid of? Those battleships are just illusions used by yellow-skinned monkeys! They want us to give up here voluntarily. This is absolutely impossible! The meaning of our standing here , before it was to regain this place, now it is to repel the invading yellow-skinned monkeys!"
Seda firmly believed in his judgment that the great Spanish Empire was the world hegemon.
Otherwise, why would even the richest place in the Yellow-skinned Monkey Country be destroyed so easily by the imperial fleet?
"...Since you said so, please ask the Governor to stop using the so-called illusion. This illusion has caused great threats and casualties to my subordinates."
Major General Gonzalez was so angry with this arrogant and foolish governor that he could only follow his wishes and find a way.
"My general, military problems should be solved by you!"
Saida will not be stumped by the opponent's request. As long as he repels these yellow-skinned monkeys, he can enjoy the success.
"Sir Governor, if you feel that the other party is using illusions and you have no solution, then you should agree to my suggestion!"
Major General Gonzalez was helpless towards such an ignorant and incompetent boss.
"My general, I tell you, Lima is a sacred city and belongs to the empire. I will not allow this city to fall for a second time! If your cowardice causes this to happen, I will tell you His Majesty the King explained the situation!”
Saida did not dare to have the same thing happen to Guzman. Even if he was not captured by the yellow-skinned monkey, he would be taken to the mainland and receive severe punishment.
Therefore, it is necessary to not only bring out the truth, but also be able to threaten the other party and let him understand the harm that the possible results will cause to himself.
"My Lord Governor, I hope you can recognize the current situation. We cannot hold on to the current situation. Those yellow-skinned monkey warships can pour more than 20,000 to 30,000 shells into the city every hour. We simply cannot withstand this level of attack! With all due respect, if we could hold on to a key location with bold words, we wouldn’t have lost the Netherlands in the first place!”
The situation has been clearly explained to this idiot boss, and Major General Gonzalez has already made the worst plan, which is to abandon the pig in front of him and lead his troops to retreat.
Otherwise, the five thousand elite men under his command would be wiped out in the city by the opponent's naval guns without even engaging in hand-to-hand combat. Isn't this a big joke?
"You...we can completely hold on to the castle and wait for reinforcements!"
Saida was also very angry, but if he didn't shoot the guy in front of him who dared to challenge his authority, then he would really dare to do something daring, so he came up with a compromise.
"The key is when the reinforcements will arrive here! Five days? Ten days? Or a month? According to the memories of the defenders last time, more than half of the reinforcements were wiped out by the enemy before they entered the city. Especially since the enemy also has a kind of iron armor The chariots completely ignore the assault of our cavalry. If our cavalry cannot pose a threat to the opponent, then relying on infantry and artillery alone will be useless."
If reinforcements could arrive tomorrow, Gonzalez would be willing to fight to the death to hold on to Lima. The problem is that they may not arrive within a week.
"You can use artillery to destroy the so-called chariots of those yellow-skinned monkeys. How simple it is!"
Saida is not ignorant of military matters. Since artillery can hit enemy infantry, it should also be able to hit those tanks.
"Previously, I have had my soldiers conduct street fighting training, including using artillery to destroy tanks. However, I hope you don't have high expectations for this, because the control of the sea is in the hands of the opponent, and they can completely destroy the entire tank. City. Moreover, it is impossible for me to concentrate all the troops of the Viceroyalty of Peru here, but the enemy can concentrate his troops to attack here. The huge disadvantage in military strength and firepower is impossible to make up for in a short time. According to your idea, I can tell you firsthand what the outcome is likely to be. It's a few thousand men against a massive fleet, and we're all going to die here, as are the thousands of newly arrived reinforcements. On average, we're going to die every Anyone can be hit by ten cannonballs. You are the governor and have a high position, so maybe your salary can be doubled!"
If the opponent only has a fleet, Gonzalez may be able to barely support it.
But his subordinates reported that the enemy had begun to land on a large scale, so he had no choice but to retreat.
"...Are you threatening me with a yellow-skinned monkey?"
"Just giving an example!"
"Your example has insulted my dignity, you must apologize!"
"If you agree to retreat immediately, I will be happy to apologize to you!"
"..."
Even though Saida was so angry that she turned blue, she did not dare to say "You disappeared from my eyes."
Otherwise Gonzalez will disappear, and even his troops will disappear, and Lima will definitely fall.
It's not that Saida is unwilling to leave, it's just that he has made a lot of money during this period and cannot quickly pack up his belongings and retreat.
But this stalemate is not an option, especially since the mansion that serves as the temporary governor's residence has been devastated by artillery shells.
Eventually Saida agreed to retreat, but gave him at least an hour.
Gonzalez can only promise half an hour, and the rest is the governor's own business...
Lima's city wall is just a decoration in front of the Ming Dynasty's expeditionary fleet. Under the salvo of thousands of cannons, it will basically be blasted into cheese with N holes.
The defenders simply did not dare to fire back with artillery on the city walls, and there was no one even on the walls of the castle.
Jiexuan's Marine Corps and Zheng Guangying's three brigades have now landed more than 10,000 people.
Now we are waiting for the steam tank to be assembled and successfully tested. To say the least, as long as it is installed, it doesn't matter if the engine doesn't work. We can still push it...
Lima was a city founded by the Spanish. The streets were relatively spacious, originally to facilitate the passage of merchants' carriages and military cavalry.
Nowadays, this road condition is conducive to the advancement of the steam tanks of the Ming Dynasty King Division. This is almost the place with the best road conditions in South America.
"Watch the shells!"
"Two hundred paces away! Artillery!"
The Spanish defenders will not simply give up resistance and choose to run away. Most of the defenders in the city will retreat while fighting.
Different from the last panic, this time the defenders have learned to use artillery to fight tanks, and the landing points are more accurate.
Both Jiexuan's troops and Zheng Guangying's men had already learned to use tanks to knock out the opponent's firepower.
He is also familiar with street fighting, alert and quick to respond, and appears to be able to face the Spanish barbarians with ease.
After discovering the target, the armored soldiers asked the infantrymen pushing the cart to stop quickly, took aim at the target and opened fire immediately.
The gunners of the tanks are all veterans with many years of combat experience and are very confident in their gunnery skills.
The Spaniards also ignored a problem, that is, the artillery they used had a slow reloading speed and did not have any protection, such as a gun mantlet.
Although the Ming army's steam tanks had low artillery power, they excelled in their extremely high rate of fire, which could fire six or seven shells in twenty seconds.
Another advantage of tanks over artillery is that tanks are protected by armor, while artillery is not.
The Academy of Sciences took this issue into consideration at the beginning of its design, under the guidance of a certain new emperor.
After tanks have armor and Flange machines, this puts the anti-tank side into a paradox.
Uses large-caliber heavy artillery, which can penetrate tank armor, but has a slow reloading speed.
Using the Folan machine, the rate of fire is sufficient, but it cannot penetrate tank armor.
This is the secret of tank armor. The thickness is just right and cannot be penetrated by large Folan machines.
An armored soldier is unlucky if he is hit by heavy artillery, otherwise he can casually kill the opponent's artillerymen on the streets.
Even if the opponent has three Folang machines anti-tank, they can't beat a tank with only one Folan machine.
The reason is that the armor of the tank is thick enough and is specially designed to deal with the shells fired by the Franco machine.
Of course, the model equipped by the Marine Corps is the early model with lighter weight, because the problem of people pulling and carrying it on the shoulders has to be taken into consideration.
Even this small gadget with a crew of only three people was lethal enough to make the Spanish artillery on the opposite side miserable.
The third artillery shell fired by the tank landed on the gun emplacement, directly cutting an artilleryman into two pieces and scaring the other artillerymen into running away.
The main reason for running away is that the gun barrel is still cooling, and it is impossible to fight back in a short time, which means that if you stay where you are, you will be beaten in vain...
"That's it?"
The Marines couldn't help but be a little stunned when they saw this. Wasn't the opponent pretty powerful just now?
How many shells are there to bear?
Are you still planning to fight tanks on the streets?
Grandpa can beat the shit out of you!
Not only were they advancing frontally on the streets, there were also companions occupying the buildings and courtyards on both sides to prevent them from being sneak-attacked by the enemy's crossfire.
If you suspect someone is inside and no one has answered yet, just throw in a grenade and serve without a second thought!
The grenades carried by the Marines are used for this purpose, especially when fighting in the tropics. If they are not used regularly, they will get wet quickly.
Therefore, the mantra of the Marines is - regardless of whether there is someone inside or not, just throw one in and try your luck first!
In the eyes of the Ming Dynasty officers and soldiers, the street fighting skills of their Spanish counterparts were very unprofessional.
All the places that should be defended were easily given up, and the places that should be given up, such as the streets, actually sent troops to fight with our own tanks.
The question is, are tanks so easily destroyed?
Especially since each tank is protected by no less than a platoon or even a company of infantry.
After these years, our side has become very skilled in using infantry-tank coordination tactics.
Since actual combat is not training, and facing Ming army tanks, the defenders may have poor psychological quality.
After an hour of fierce fighting in the streets, the defenders destroyed three tanks and wounded six, and that was all.
Instead, our side abandoned or destroyed more than thirty artillery pieces, and lost more than 500 troops.
It is not that the Ming army cannot launch a blitzkrieg, but the price will be relatively large casualties. This is something that neither Jiexuan nor Zheng Guangying wants to see.
Therefore, all ministries were strictly ordered to fight steadily and advance slowly, and not to underestimate the enemy and advance rashly.
Otherwise, if there are serious casualties, the chief officer of the department will take care of it himself!
"The barbarians are right in front of you, why don't you chase them?"
Zheng Shengying, who led a battalion to attack, was very dissatisfied with the slow movements of his men. He had no experience in overseas combat, so he asked the veterans around him who had been here.
"Go back to the general, as I said above, don't chase the poor ones. After they are beaten away, they will come back with reinforcements from a distance, and then they will be killed in one go. If we cover up and kill them all the way, we old and young men will only be afraid of being killed. A wounded person."
"How can you be so greedy for life and afraid of death?"
Zheng Shengying was very disdainful of this rhetoric. How could he say such words when he was on an overseas expedition?
"Master General, look at the weather like this. You are sweating like rain even if you don't wear clothes. Once a wound appears, it will heal very slowly. After being bitten by local mosquitoes, infection will occur, causing the wound to suppurate. The feeling..."
"Hi~! That's it!"
Although it is said that compassion does not lead soldiers, a general must also be considerate of his subordinates.
If he really killed all his soldiers, how could he still be considered a good general?
Only then did Zheng Shengying remember what her elder brother said, don't let your soldiers make unnecessary sacrifices.
We are all flesh and blood born from our parents. To let our subordinates die in vain is not only a disgrace to the uncle, but also to Mazu, whom everyone worshiped before going to sea!
The purpose of Jie Xuan and Zheng Guangying's attack on South America was sixteen words - making money is the first priority, annihilating the enemy is the second priority, confusion is the highest priority, and violent attack is the last priority!
If the city of Lima hadn't been very wealthy, Jiexuan would not have been willing to send troops to launch a strong attack.
It was basically impossible to fight like this without killing anyone, so we had to find a way to save our troops from dying.
In other words, as long as the expeditionary fleet ensures that there are enough marines who can continue fighting, it can pose a huge threat to Spanish defenders anywhere in the Americas for a long time.
It doesn’t mean that if you want to get more results, you have to die more people. It’s easy to get more results. Just keep pulling the net at sea...
